DESIGN PRINCIPLES The philosophy behind the project is to create a module able to guarantee the welfare housing, the environment and therefore of the principles on which the ecological construction is founded; a decomposable element made with recycled materials which can be easily recovered, reused or disposed in order to not generate more pollutants.

THE MODULE Hypercube takes its name from the size of the module; a cube of 3.3 x 3.3 x 3.3 meters. These dimensions are the result deriving both from the need to provide a unit constituted by an easily transportable prefabricated block and from the character of the design choices made.

A container capable of expanding its internal space to accommodate the activities of daily living.

Hypercube in storage and transport is reduced to a version of laminated wood cube that opens doubling its volume, to turn into a house ready for use.

Inside the functions are minimized; the living / dining area; a kitchenette; a bathroom with sink, shower and WC designed and a sleeping area can be obtained, as required, within the four structures sliding one inside the other.

The well designed modules can be associated with each other, horizontally and vertically, to form larger units or small groups.

BIOCLIMATIC ASPECTS Hypercube module that tries to satisfy requirements of comfort and living quality of the environment.

The compact size and the ability to adjust the orientation of the module, given its limited size, are important characteristics that can respond adequately to the needs arising from the climatic conditions of the site where the item is located.

The glass surfaces are important design elements. The possibility of modulating their opening ensures a complete adaptability according to the indoor climatic conditions of the module.

Thanks to the flexibility of the parts that compose it, Hypercube becomes a sort of living mechanism capable to adjust the width of its outer surface and its inner volume and consequently the contributions due to the sun, shading and exposure the winds during the year; a real thermoregulatory devices.

Inside the base to support the central open volume are all of the infrastructure and it prevents the fact that the parts of the module coming into direct contact with the ground, eliminating the risk of humidity from rising.

Contributes to the achievement of the goals set acts to preserve the environment, the use of prefabricated building elements made of wood and derivatives, besides the use of materials originating from recycling processes such as plastics, for the realization of the outer coating, or cards of recovery, for the insulating layer.

TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURES The building materials and assembly techniques revolve around the use of wood and its derivatives.

The prefabricated structural elements are constituted by a frame in laminated wood beams and soft bituminized panels in recycled wood fibers and shaped interlocking.

The thermal insulation and consisting of a layer of wood flakes in filling spaces of the structural mesh.

The ventilated outer shell is made of composite wood panels spaced from the structure with strips of 4 x4 cm and laminated with sheets made with shuffled and recycled plastics.

The inner lining is made from a vapor barrier made of waxed paper and an inner lining plank diagonal (male / female) on which the coating is applied directly to wood, or covered with plasterboard.

Wall thickness of about 20 cm that composed the structural apparatus of the prefabricated elements, it generates an internal height to the variable module housing by 2.90 meters to 2.10 meters, for an average height equal to 2.70 mt.